Against all fires, fire: revenge as resistance in Antonio Callado

This essay analyzes the report O esqueleto na lagoa verde (1953), and the novels Quarup (1967) and A expedição Montaigne (1982), by Antonio Callado, based on the theme of revenge as a possibility of resistance and construction of a future against the authoritarianism of the military regime and the colonial process. The indigenous peoples characters and the peasants represent the dispute for land allied to a discursive and knowledge dispute, therefore the incendiary gestures of revolt are understood as ways of questioning who has the right to violence in Brazil and who is interested in the discourse of peace.

Keywords:
revenge; indigenous peoples; peasants; military regime